The Bayern Munich footballers earned their first “champion match point” with two dream goals from the halfway line. The Bundesliga table leader kept pursuers VfL Wolfsburg at bay with a 3-0 (0-0) win against Werder Bremen on Monday evening (April 22nd, 2024) and can make another title win early in the upcoming away game at Bayer Leverkusen on May 5th.
Magdalena Eriksson (48th) gave the defending champions the lead with a header after a corner. The highlights of the game followed: Jovana Damnjanovic (57′) scored with a lob from the halfway line over Werder goalkeeper Livia Peng, who was positioned well in front of the penalty area, before England international Georgia Stanway repeated the feat late (90’+5). Previously, Munich goalkeeper Maria Luisa Grohs had parried a penalty kick from Sophie Weidauer (71′).
Coach Alexander Straus’ Bayern are seven points ahead of Wolfsburg with three league games remaining. With a win in Leverkusen, the Munich team would have secured the sixth championship in the club’s history if VfL were to solve the compulsory task against 1. FC Köln a day earlier.
Wolfsburg turns game against Duisburg
VfL Wolfsburg struggled for a long time against Duisburg on Sunday (April 21, 2024) despite being huge favorites, but ultimately won clearly.
Jule Brand from VfL Wolfsburg in action during the Bundesliga match in Duisburg
Coach Tommy Stroot’s team won 4-1 (0-0) against the still winless “Zebras”, whose relegation had been sealed a few hours before relegation.
Alexandra Popp (71st minute) on her comeback after a knee injury, Dominique Janssen (85th), Vivien Endemann (88th) and Ewa Pajor (89th) turned the game around for the “Wolfs”, who had three match days remaining We have to hope for a small miracle to prevent Munich from winning again. FC Bayern face Werder Bremen on Monday as part of the 19th matchday. Natalie Rose Muth (64th) had given the Duisburg team hope for their first win of the season by taking the lead.
Cologne celebrates victory in the relegation battle
1. FC Cologne achieved an extremely important 2-0 (0-0) win against SC Freiburg. As a result, the lead over the relegation places is six points with three match days to go.
Selina Cerci was the Cologne heroine of the day. In the 47th minute, the 23-year-old, who only came on as a substitute in the second half, gave her team the lead. In the 84th minute, she completed her joker brace when she made the decision with a low shot from nine meters. The FC women only need one win from their last three games in order to play in the Bundesliga next season, regardless of the competition.
Due to 1. FC Köln’s success against SC Freiburg, Duisburg can no longer leave the last two places in the table. What will happen next in Duisburg remains to be seen. Head coach Thomas Gerstner has announced his departure at the end of the season.
Frankfurt on course for the Champions League
On Saturday, the Eintracht Frankfurt footballers had already made ice-cold use of TSG Hoffenheim’s through ball in the race for the third and final Champions League place. With the 4:1 (3:1) against 1. FC Nürnberg, coach Niko Arnautis’ team moved past the Kraichgau women ahead of the direct duel between the European Cup aspirants next Saturday (April 27th, 2024, 2 p.m.).
Hoffenheim fails against Essen
A few hours before the Frankfurt success, Hoffenheim surprisingly made a mistake. In the 1:2 (0:0) draw at SGS Essen, coach Stephan Lerch’s team carelessly gave away important points in a dramatic final phase. Frankfurt’s lead is now one point.
The SGE, which lost at Bayer Leverkusen (0-2) on the previous match day, left nothing to be desired after the early shock of the goal from Nuremberg’s Selma Sol Magnusdottir (1st). The national players Sara Doorsoun (5th) and Nicole Anyomi (31st/43rd) ensured a comfortable lead at the break, and attacker Lara Prasnikar (64th) followed up in the second half.
Hoffenheim took the lead with an own goal from Essen’s Laura Pucks (77th), but Beke Sterner (88th) and Natasha Kowalski (90th, penalty kick) turned the game around with a late double strike. TSG has been waiting for a win for three games.
Leipzig with its fourth home win in a row
With their fourth home win in a row, newly promoted Leipzig made it almost perfect to stay in the league. A brilliant moment from Mimmi Larsson was enough to make it 1-0 against Leverkusen on Friday.
The Swede scored the decisive goal in the 83rd minute in front of 1,042 spectators. Coach Saban Uzun’s team, whose contract in Leipzig was not extended and ends after the season, now has a comfortable lead over the relegation places as ninth in the table.